Problem: The purpose of managing by walking around is:
- to learn more about company operations and see how activities are really being done
- to gather information and opinions about what is happening, learn what is on people's minds, and see firsthand how well the strategy execution process is proceeding
- to improve employee relations by communicating information about organizational activities as quickly as possible
- to gather information about what strategy to follow and to learn what competitors are doing
- to try to be visible and accessible and to stay in tune with what is on employees' minds